As I discovered during a visit in September, the series of books offered a unique view of this complicated city, leading me away from popular tourist sites and helping to explain the city’s social, economic and geographic divisions. To view the Naples of Ms. Ferrante is to view Naples like a native.
Can’t get enough of Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels? Over at the New York Times, Ann Mah writes about her travels in Naples and seeing the city through the lens of Ferrante’s novels.
